God in a Shrinking Universe

I have decided to finally retire this blog - my way of thinking hase moved so much since when I was active writing it that I do not really ...

I just want to recommend a good short Introduction to Slavoj Zizek's thinking about Christianity: Frederiek Depoortere's book Christ...

In book five Augustine suddenly gets all theological (finally!). The main theme of the book is astrology ets. However, in V, 9 he discusses ...

The pace up significantly in book IV. Augustine is now attacking the belief in the pagan gods by mocking their multitude. If they are som ma...

In book three, not one of the most memorable texts written by Augustine the argument is that the Roman Gods didn't really protect Rome w...

It seems my idea that Augustine here tries to develop a distinction between pagan and Christian virtues was really flawed. Rather, the conce...

In the final part of book on Augustine discusses another legendary Roman, Scipio Nasica, the Pagan High Priest and Senator that opposed the ...